Cone-beam CT breast imaging with a flat panel detector - A simulation study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 943-951

  Chen, Lingyun ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a   Tu, Shu Ju ^a   Altunbas, Mustafa ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a   Liu, Xinming ^a   Kappadath, S Cheenu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Calcifications; Cone beam breast CT; Detector blurring; Digital mammography; Flat panel detector; Masses; Noise

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; CONE-BEAM BREAST CT; DETECTOR BLURRING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; MASSES;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844518400     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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